Madagascar Escape 2 Africa (2008) 7/10

Starring : Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Alec Baldwin
Director : Eric Darnell & Tom McGrath
Running Time : 89 mins

When Alex the lion (Stiller), Marty the zebra (Rock), Melman the giraffe (Schwimmer) and Gloria the hippo (Pinkett Smith) decide to try to get back to New York, they end up in Africa where Alex discovers that his father is a powerful lion leader, and that he is expected to follow in his footsteps. But the envious lion Makunga (Baldwin) has other plans for the leadership of the plains and vows to get Alex banished forever into the wilderness

This was a fun though unnecessary sequel to the 2005 classic, and no doubt there will be a third. The cast didn't feel as fresh as they did in the first movie, but I did like the revelation that Melman is in love with Gloria. The plot was a little similar to the Lion King, but it's possible that this was intentionally a mocking homage of the Disney Classic.

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